PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chang Honghui (ranked 2679 p4p, 5665 weight class) and Balthazar Bolleke (ranked 272 p4p, 432 weight class). Honghui comes to the ring accompanied by Ancient Art. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Honghui
vs
Bolleke

174 cm
20
145
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Experienced

New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chang Honghui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balthazar Bolleke!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honghui swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bolleke counters with a right hand to the body.
Honghui misses with a hook.
Bolleke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bolleke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Honghui with a nice cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Honghui has a couple of punches blocked by Bolleke.

Honghui escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bolleke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Honghui defending well as Bolleke loads up on a big left hand.
Nice jab there from Bolleke.

It looks like Chang Honghui has been cut.
Honghui misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Bolleke.
Honghui wants to clinch.
Honghui tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bolleke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honghui misses the shot to the body.
Honghui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honghui connects with a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Bolleke there.
Honghui looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bolleke circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Bolleke to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Bolleke misses its intended target.
Honghui throws a head kick but Bolleke moves out of range.
Bolleke misses the shot to the body.
Honghui closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bolleke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bolleke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Bolleke misses.
Honghui tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bolleke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bolleke cracks Honghui with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolleke thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke takes a swing at Honghui's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Bolleke misses
and Honghui counters with a big head kick but Bolleke shrugs it off.
Bolleke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honghui.
Honghui throws a hook to the side of Bolleke's head but Bolleke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bolleke misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Bolleke finds it's target.
Honghui scores with a jab to the head.

Bolleke is rocked!
Honghui moves in close and cracks Bolleke with a massive right hand! Bolleke, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Honghui!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chang Honghui!